1 year ago

Calmatic talks about his rise, career, highlights, House Party, creative process, working with Kendrick, Lil Nas, and more!

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00:00 Intro
0:00 Calmatic on seeing T-Rell around town and thinking he looks grimy and mean
2:30 T-Rell says he used to practice his dance routine before going to parties
3:30 Calmatic on using outlets like "At The End Of The Day" as inspiration for writing scripts
4:25 Directing the "House Party" movie, AD having a part in the movie, and a song in the soundtrack
7:30 T-Rell and AD compliment Calmatic's work ethic and choosing a different path as a filmmaker
8:30 Calmatic learning directing and producing from after-school programs
10:02 Calmatic speaks on getting robbed and using renter's insurance to get new filming equipment
18:40 Kendrick Lamar hitting him up to do music videos for free at first and improving his creative output throughout the years and being consistent
23:15 Calmatic on dealing with criticism and people hating on him for remaking a movie
24:50 T-Rell claiming that Calmatic stole his idea for the House Party movie
25:30 T-Rell and DoKnow having a part in the "White Men Can’t Jump" remake
28:50 Calmatic on when he decided to become a film director as opposed to strictly music videos
29:20 Calmatic on directing "Old Town Road" and winning a grammy
31:03 Calmatic on working with Lil Nas X, Nipsey Hussle, and Big Sean
36:05 Calmatic on taking inspiration from the hood and LA into his writing
37:50 T-Rell asks Calmatic what kind of movies he would love to work on, like a movie about the LA riots
42:03 AD talks about DOPE and Snowfall being cool, Los Angeles-based, movies
47:02 T-Rell asks about the politics in the movie industry
48:30 Calmatic learning to talk in a business sense to get what he wanted
54:03 Calmatic and AD talk about using their past as an influence in creating new content
55:35 AD asks how it was working with LeBron James in the movie and with his production company
1:00:48 T-Rell asks Calmatic what was his worst experience with someone on set
1:02:19 Calmatic working and being inspired by Anderson .Paak's creativity
1:03:30 Discussing Tyga and Chris Brown becoming video directors
1:15:00 Calmatic on when he will be done making remakes and working on original movies